I was having this same issue and discovered that the colorzilla extension was causing the problem.
start firefox in safemode (>firefox -safe-mode) and disable it. -- firefox 2.0.0.8+2nobinonly-0ubuntu1 crashes on startup https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/157573 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs